June 2
January 4, 2009
I need the big picture! There is so much stuff going on, so many interested parties, that I desperately need to know how it’s all related. A few of the groups are starting to cross over though, and my one suspect for Jaehee’s murder has been wiped out, so now I’m left with no explanation for that, either.
Gangjae has turned into a real psychpath. He has a singular mission to find his wife’s murderer, and everything else seems to be at best a minor annoyance, and at worst… well, he repeatedly beats Jaehee’s clone, who is a little girl, and at one point throws her in a furnace and threatens to turn it on. He thinks that any evidence of their experiments is going to be… bad, and for some reason the Jaehee clone triggers severe rage in him.
I liked the flashbacks in this volume, which included how Jaehee and Gangjae got together, and about Gangjae’s life before Jaehee, with his other girlfriend. His other girlfriend grew up with Jaehee and was exceptionally jealous of her, and looked to benefit from her murder by swooping in and picking up Gangjae. She also beats up the Jaehee clone when she finds her, and I couldn’t figure out why. Wouldn’t you just assume she’s somehow related to Jaehee, or something?
Jaehee’s out in the wild now, being raised by two characters introduced last volume. The question about Jaehee’s killer is still pertinent, but now there’s the fact that Gangjae’s cloning experiments could come to light, and that’s become a big part of the plot, too.
Again, there’s a ton of characters and interested parties now, and I like it, but… I feel like I need to read more before I really grow to love it. I’ll like it a lot more once I see how the plot works out its twists.
